ACEO: Art Cards, Editions and Originals
An offshoot of artist trading cards are Art Cards, Editions and Originals (ACEOs), which originated when some artists began to create cards to sell, in addition to trading among themselves. Many ACEOs are sold on internet auction sites, such as eBay. As the term suggests, ACEOs may be small original works of art, or editions of small prints.
Michael Leavitt's Art Cards, hand-painted small portraits of artists, replicated traditional baseball trading cards in style and format. Subjects were drawn from various genres, and included Vincent Van Gogh, Bob Ross, Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, and Michael Jackson. The limited editions were hand-packed in wrappers with bubble gum. Leavitt said, "It's a way I created to compare people and what they do across all kinds of different areas."
As for an earlier example, in 1991, Cleury Champion first sold his cards through the catalog of his avant-garde magazine eXpErImEnTaL (bAsEmEnT). Champion's most recognized cards were playing cards with experimental poems of John M. Bennett rubber stamped on the face.
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